Shoe-button fastener.



R. BRATTON.

SHOE BUTTON FASTENER.

APPLICATION nuso APR-8. 1915.

1 Patented May 2,1916.

Inventor Witnesses Attorneys ROSCOE BRATTON, 0F LEBANON, INDIANA.

SHOE-BUTTON FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

Application filed April 8, 1915. Serial No. 19,999.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roscoe BRATTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Shoe-Button Fastener, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to button fasteners especially designed for usein holding shoe buttons in position, one of the objects of the inventionbeing to provide a fastener which constitutes a yieldable supportwhereby the shoe to which the button is attached can adjust itself tothe ankle without necessitating the resetting of the fastener, and theformation of objectionable openings such as have heretofore beenproduced where it has been necessary to shift the positions of thebuttons.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion ,of a shoe andshowing the present improvements combined therewith. Fig. 2 is anenlarged section on line AB Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspectiveview of a button and one of its fasteners.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates anelongated loop made of stiff spring wire, one end portion of the loopbeing contracted as at 2, to form an eye 3 adapted to engage the eye aof a button 5. The sides of the loop merge into arms 6 and 7respectively, these arms being substantially parallel with each otherand with the loop 1 and the arm 7 being preferably shorter than the arm6. Arm 6 has a prong 8 at its free end, while extending from the arm 7is a prong 9 the inner portion of which is'adapted to be extendedsubstantially parallel with the arm 7.

In applying the fastener, the arms 6 and 7 are placed upon the surfaceof the shoe or other garment S to which the button 5 is to be connectedand prongs 8 and 9 are insertedas shown particularly in Fig. 2. Theprong 9 is bent back against the inner surface of the shoe, as at 10 andis then bent forwardly along said inner surface as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 3. The prong 8 is bent back against the inner surface ofthe shoe as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The parts are thus pressedtightly upon the shoe, and the fastener will be held fixedly,constituting a yieldable support for the button 5. Consequently when thebutton is inserted into a buttonhole, the loop 1 will be free to yieldlaterally so as thus to allow the shoe to adapt itself to the anklewithout necessitating moving the fastener in order to render the shoemore comfortable.

WVhat is claimed is 1. A button fastener including a resilient loop bentto form ahook, there being an-eye at the free end of the hook forengagement with the eye of a button, and bendable prongs extending fromthe other end of the hook and adapted to bind and fasten the hook upon ashoe or the like.

2. A button fastener including a loop bent to form an eye at the freeend thereof for engagement with the eye of a button and said loopincluding arms of different lengths adapted to rest upon a shoe or thelike, there being bendable prongs extending from the arms and insertiblethrough a shoe for binding the arms of the loop upon the shoe andsecuring them thereto, said hook being formed of resilient material.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSCOE BRATTON.

Witnesses:

CARL BRATTON, T. Z. HAGAMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

